Egg and flour mixer



(No Model.)

A.' DOLL.

EGG AND FLOUR MIXER.

No. 270,642. Patented Jan.16;18 83.

WITNESSES IN VEN TOR B S Z ATTORNEY" FFICE.

PATENT ARNOLD DOLL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Eco AND FLOUR MIXER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,642, dated January16, 1883.

f Application filed November 4, 1382. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ARNOLD DOLL, ofCleveland, in the county of Gnyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg and Flour Mixers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved mixing-machine for familyand business purposes, which may be used for beating eggs and mixingthem with sugar, butter, or flour, or for making ice-cream, and forsimilar purposes; and the invention consists of a covered trough that ishung by trunnions into a larger open box, and provided with alongitudinal shaft having spirally-arranged radial boaters. Thebeater-arms are perforated, and provided at their outer ends with wingsor scrapers at right angles thereto. The shaft is revolved by a suitablegearing from the outside, .and the trough oscillated simultaneouslytherewith by a forked detachable frame, which is pivotedto the outer boxand a fixed pin of the trough, and actuated by an eccentric cam on thedriving-shaft.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevationsof my improved mixing-machine, shown respectively with and without theforked oscillating frame. Fig. 3 is a top view; Fig. 4, a verticaltransverse section of the same; and Figs. 5 and .6 are detail horizontalsections, showing the connection of the trough and box.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a trough with a semicircular bottom and atightly-closing cover, B. The trough A is hung to bearings of an openbox, 0, by an exterior trunnion, a, at one of its end walls, and by thehollow center shaft, D, of the agitator D to the'short detachable shaftD of the main driving-wheel E, said shaft being coupled by an end recessto a fixed transverse pin of the agitator-shaft D, as shown clearly inFig. 6. The box G is oflargor size than the trough A,'and has, like thetrough, a bottom part of semicircular shape, and is supported on asuitable base-frame, O. The agitatorD is arranged at the interior ofthetrough A, its shaft D being supported at one end to an interiorsocket-bearing, a, of the end wall of trough O, as shown in Fig. 5,while its opend wall of trough A, adjoining the drivingwheel E. Thefixed sleeve d passes through a slotted recess, 6?, of box U, which alsoserves as a guide-bearing for the short shaft D The shaft D of theagitator is arranged with radial;

beater-arms e, which are arranged spirally around theshaft.Thebeater-armshavealensshaped cross-section, so as to out easier throughthe substances to be mixed. They are provided in the body thereof withperforations e, and at the outer ends with wings or scrapers 6 thatextend at right angles to the beater-arms and parallel to the centershaft, D, as shown clearly in. Fig. 1, so as to return the mass adheringto the surface of the trough into the path of the heaters. Abalance-wheel, E, is cast in one piece with the driving gear-wheel E,and provided at its back with an eccentric fiange,E which engages aforked oscillating frame, F, that is connected by a pivot-pin,f, in adetachable manner to the base-frame O, and by a slot, f, to a fixedpivot-pin, f at the upper end of the trough A.

A detachable crank-handle, E is applied to the driving-wheel E, andserves to turn the same, so as to impart simultaneouslya revolvingmotion to the agitator D and by means of the flange E and forked frame Fan oscillatiitg motion to the trough A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

By filling the outer box with hot water, eggs, sugar, butter, flour, andother substances can be successfully mixed in the machine, which is alsoan effective ice-cream freezer when the exterior box is filled withsmall lumps of ice and salt,as shown in Fig.2. The beater-arms work upthe mass at the interior of the trough. while the scrapers remove suchparts thereof as will be liable to stick to the surface of the trough,as butter or sugar, or eggs mixed with sugar, or flour, or similarsubstances. By removing the driving-wheel E the agitator D can bereadily removed from the trough and all the parts cleaned with greatfacility.

The mixing machine may also be used without oscillating the trough A bydetaching the forked frame F. The trough A is then retained in fixedvertical position by meansof a hook, g,

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that is hinged to the box 0 and applied to an eye, g, of the trough -A,as shown in Fig. 2.

The exterior box, 0, is then either filled with hot or cold water, orwith broken ice, as re- 5 quired by the articles to be mixed. Thehandcrank E is then applied to a gear-wheel, E, that turns on a shortprojecting shaft, h, of the end wall of the trough A, and that mesheswith the driving-wheel E. By the interposition of the gear-wheel a morerapid motion is imparted to the agitator D, while the trough A remainsstationary.

The mixingmachine may by this arrangementscrve foravariety of purposes,the smaller sizes being thereby specially adapted for domestic use,while the larger sizes are suitable for confectioners, restaurants, andother business purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a mixingmachine, the combination of an exteriorbox, an interior trough supported in suitable bearings of the box, adetachable agitator supported in bearings of the trough, a forked framepivoted'to the base-frame and trough, and mechanism wherebysimultaneously revolving motion is imparted to the agitator andoscillating motion to the trough, substantially as and t'orothe purposeset forth.

2. In a mixing-machine, the combination of 0 .an exterior box, aninterior trough supported in bearings of the box, a detachable agitatorsupported in bearings of the trough, a drivingwheel coupled to the shaftof the agitator, and a forked oscillating frame, pivoted to thebaseframe and the trough and actuated by an eccentric flange or cam ofthe driving-wheel, sub stantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a mixing-machine,of an exterior box, a troughsupported in bearings of the box, an interior agitator having radialarms, means for locking the trough rigidly in position, and mechanismwhereby a revolving motion is imparted to the agitator, substantially asspecified.

4. In a mixing-machine, an agitator having radial perforatedbeater-arms, and scrapers extending at right angles from the outer endsof the arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARNOLD DOLL.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

